--- title: Wendy Trusler description: paint, write, photograph,perform—carve, cook, curate—sometimes at et same time url: https://www.artsume.com/a/wendy-trusler type: artist createdAt: "2026-10-06" updatedAt: "2026-10-14" disciplines: - Intermedia - Painting - Photography - Installation - Community Arts location: Peterborough, ON, Canada website: https://wendytrusler.ca --- # Wendy Trusler *paint, write, photograph,perform—carve, cook, curate—sometimes at et same time | Intermedia, Painting, Photography, Installation, Community Arts | Based in Peterborough, ON, Canada* ## Curriculum Vitae ### Education - **1990** - A.O.C.A., Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, *with honours* - **1985** - B.A., History, University of Western Ontario, London ### Grants and Awards - **2015** - Chalmers Arts Fellowship, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2014** - Shortlist for Best Culinary Narrative, Taste Canada: The Food Writing Awards - **2013** - Grant for Collective Vision, Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough - **2012** - Grant for Collective Vision, Peterborough Foundation - **2012** - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2011** - Individual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2011** - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2010** - Community Betterment Award, City of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, For work at PRHC - **2010** - Project Grant for Voices at Hand, Canada Post - **2008** - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2006** - Creation/ Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, ON, Canada - **2005** - Individual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2003** - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **2000** - Artists in the Community Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **1998** - Individual Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **1996** - Marion McKenzie Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - **1993** - Creative Artists in School Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **1992** - Creative Artists in School Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON, Canada - **1990** - W. O. Forsyth Scholarship, OCA - **1986** - George A, Reid Scholarship, OCA ### Selected Solo Exhibitions and Installations - **2025** - *knowing; being*, Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft, ON, Canada - **2023** - *Provenance*, Ludmila Gallery, Peterborough - **2019** - *How to do Anything*, Champlain College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence - **2018** - *Voices at Hand*, Traill College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence - **2015** - *Still Ice*, Evans Contemporary, Peterborough - **2013** - *Voices at Hand*, Lady Eaton College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence - **2012** - *Voices at Hand*, Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe, Performance Residency - **2012** - *Voices at Hand*, Gzowski College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist-in-Residence - **2011** - *Voices at Hand*, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, Performance Residency - **2011** - *Voices at Hand*, Books & Co.–Window, Picton, Performance Residency - **2010** - *Voices at Hand*, SOHO Art & Framing–Window, Toronto, Performance Residency - **2010** - *Voices at Hand*, Blue Tomato Art Shopwindow, Peterborough, Performance Residency - **2009** - *Into the Living*, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Curated by Maralynn Cherry - **2008** - *Dancing in a Northern Kitchen*, Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre, Haliburton - **2007** - *Eternity Behind, Eternity Before*, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2004** - *Odes to Anatomies*, A Space Gallery–Windows, Toronto - **2000** - *Antarctic Chronicles*, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, Canada - **1998** - *Antarctic Chronicles*, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON, Canada - **1995** - *Forest Stories*, Gallery 401, Toronto ### Selected Group Exhibitions - **2021** - *OAC Zone 4 Juried Exhibition*, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, (Celeste Scopelites, Laurie Caramount) - **2020** - *Presently*, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Curated by Fynn Leitch, , (Clayton Windatt, Sonya Jones) - **2012** - *Art Gallery of Peterborough Triennial*, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Curated by Carla Garnet Note from the artist: Juried by Fynn Leitch, Linda Jansma, Olexander Wlasenko - **2011** - *Between Land and Sky: New Acquisitions*, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Curated by Carla Garnet - **2010** - *Lost and Found*, Artspace, Peterborough, Curated by Fynn Leitch - **2010** - *Canadian Landscape*, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden, (Virginia Eichhorn, & Rhona Wenger) - **2008** - *The Doll Show #1: Poppet*, Artspace, Peterborough, Curated by Jess Rowland - **2003** - *Ex Libris*, Niagara Artists’ Company, St. Catharines, (with Alisa Cunnington) ### Festivals and Screenings - **2016** - *Words*, Peterborough, Artsweek Peterborough - **2015** - *Write on the Street*, Peterborough, Artsweek Peterborough - **2014** - *Tomorrow’s Talks*, McMichael Gallery, Kleinburg, Luminato Festival-Cape Farewell - **2013** - *Making Your Way*, Peterborough, Artsweek Peterborough - **2005–2010** - *Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour*, Peterborough, 14-16,19; Juried by the Art Gallery of Peterborough - **2009** - *Another Kind of Dance, Two*, Peterborough, REFRAME Film Festival, (2009); 7min - **2006** - *Blink*, Peterborough, Artsweek Peterborough - **2000** - *Bread Breaking Boundaries*, A Space Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Community Arts Biennale 2000 ### Commissions - **Nov. 2011** - Voices at Hand, Toronto, at the AFP Congress, Metro Toronto Convention Centre - **2000** - What is a Moose Who Has No Landscape?, City of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Moose in the City ### Collections - Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada - Cambium Environmental - Coca Cola Co. - Global Television - Private Collections in Canada, USA and Great Britain ### Curatorial Practice - **2011–2021** - *Collective Vision—The Fine Art of Health*, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough - **2019** - *a quiet that stays*, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, With Fynn Leitch, Guest Curator with Fynn Leitch ### Publications as Author - **2011–2018** - Voices at Hand Blog, , 2011 -2018 - **2015** - The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning, Co-author with Carol Devine, HarperCollins, NY, 2015,, Co-author with Carol Devine - **Mar. 2014** - “Timing is Everything…,” , March 2014 - **2014** - “Sundry Notes for Cooking in a Makeshift Kitchen at the Bottom of the World (and at Home),” Render: Feminist Food and Culture Quarterly, Portland, OR, Summer 2014 - **2013** - The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning, Co-author with Carol Devine, Canada, Vauve Press, 2013, Co-author with Carol Devine ### Readings, Presentations and Artist Talks - **2026** - Keeper of Things: Art, The Archive and Purging Epic Fails, International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI), University of Guelph, Guelph, *Improvlab*, Guest Speaker - **2025** - Public Art, School of Education, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2021** - Art and Beauty, Department of Philosophy, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2019** - a quiet that stays, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Artist Talk - **2019** - Philosophy of Sport, Department of Philosophy, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2018** - Blue is the Colour of Night, Public Art Symposium, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Speaker - **2018** - GDV Studio, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2018** - Artist Talk and Author Readings, Catharine Parr Traill College, Trent University, Peterborough - **2014** - *Author Readings*, Picton, Prince Edward County Authors Festival - **2014** - *Author Readings*, The East Pole, New York, Antarctic Midwinter Dinner - **2014** - *Book Launch and Author Readings*, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2013** - Guest Lecture, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Peterborough Branch, Peterborough - **2013** - Collective Vision, Mental Health Services Department, PRHC, Peterborough, Curatorial Talk - **2013** - Artist Talk, Lady Eaton College, Trent University, Peterborough - **2013** - Knowing and Wondering, Dept. of Arts & Science, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2012** - Artist Talk, Norfolk Arts Centre, Simcoe - **2012** - Guest Presentation, International Polar Year Conference, Montreal - **2012** - I Blame CBC, Peter Gzowski College, Trent University, Peterborough, Artist Talk - **2012** - Media & Society, Department of Cultural Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2012** - Producing Canada, Department of Canadian Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Guest Lecture - **2009** - Guest Speaker, Kawartha World Issues Centre, Peterborough - **2009** - Artist Talk, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville - **2008** - Why Installation Art?, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton, Artist Talk - **2007** - Why Installation Art?, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada, Artist Talk - **2000** - Artist Talk, White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, Canada ### Board and Committee Experience - **2014–Present** - Acquisitions Committee, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2008–2013** - Art Steering Committee, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Peterborough - **2008–2011** - Chair, Board of Directors, Artspace, Peterborough - **2008–2010** - Member, Board of Directors, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2005–2008** - Member (2005), Vice Chair (2006-08), Board of Directors, Artspace, Peterborough ### Related Professional Experience - **2025** - Associate Producer Artsweek Peterborough, Electric City Culture Council, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2025** - Coordinator Peterborough Arts Awards, Electric City Culture Council, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2015–2025** - Public Art Facilitator, City of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON, Canada - **2009–2014** - Stop Animation Workshop Facilitator, REELkids Film Festival, Peterborough, 2009-2011 and 2014 ### Selected Bibliography and Media - **2023** - Caroline Langill, Provenance, Catalogue, Ludmilla Gallery, 2023, Catalogue - **Apr. 11, 2016** - Shelagh Rogers, Radio Interview, The Next Chapter, CBC Radio, April 11th, 2016, Radio Interview - **May 6, 2015** - Jeff Hutcheson, Television Interview, Canada AM, CTV News, May 6th, 2015, Television Interview - **May 5, 2015** - Maria Popova, The Antarctic Book of Cooking and Cleaning: The Extraordinary Edible Record of Two Women Explorers’ Journey to the End of the World, Brain Pickings, Brooklyn, NY, May 5, 2015 - **Dec. 2014** - Alexandra Redgrave, Best Served Chilled, enRoute. Air Canada.com, December 2014 - **June 2014** - Bella Bathurst, Cooking Up Hot Dishes in a Cool Climate, High Life Detours, British Airways, June 2014 - **May 28, 2014** - Cat Croteau, Story of Life at a Russian Research Station, Women’s Adventure Magazine, Colorado, May 28, 2014 - **Apr. 18, 2014** - Christine Baumgarthuber, The Art of Antarctic Cooking, The New Inquiry, New York, NY, April 18, 2014 - **Jan. 18, 2012** - Kennedy Gordon, Why We Write Letters, Peterborough Examiner, January 18, 2012 - **2010** - Canadian Landscape, Catalogue, Agnes Jamieson Gallery, 2010, Catalogue - **2009** - Maralynn Cherry, Into the Living, Catalogue, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 2009, Catalogue - **2001** - No Frame Around It: Process and Outcome of the A Space Community Art Biennale, A Space, 2001 - **2000** - Community Arts Biennale (CAB) 2000, Catalogue, A Space, 2000, Catalogue - **Dec. 14, 1998** - John Northcott, Television Interview, CBC Evening News, December 14,1998, Television Interview - **Dec. 3, 1998** - Deirdre Hanna, Looking to End an Era, NOW Magazine, December 3,1998 ## Links - **Website:** https://wendytrusler.ca